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Anger management is becoming an increasingly significant area of study in sport. This issue affects all people involved in the sporting environment, yet few sport professionals, coaches, or administrators fully understand anger in sport and how to work with athletes to overcome the problem. Anger Management in Sport: Understanding and Controlling Violence in Athletes addresses this important topic and provides strategies and interventions for overcoming excessive anger and aggression in athletes. The provocative book challenges long-held assumptions and points the way to further research and discussion.

With its accessible format and proactive approach, Anger Management in Sport is an ideal resource for practitioners at all levels of sport who work with athletes and anger, both on and off the field. The author draws on his unique background and clinical experiences creating and implementing anger management skills for a variety of populations—from high school athletes to prison inmates. His unique insight will stimulate discussion on a range of issues associated with anger in sport, including mental illness, drugs, and differences and similarities in amateur and professional athletes. Readers will understand not only how to approach an anger problem but also how to help an athlete work to manage emotions.

Rather than eliminate old explanations, the book paves the way to a new understanding of issues vital to the health of sport. Chapters 1 and 2 help readers better understand anger and violence and how to assess anger in sport. Anger, aggression, violence, and hostility are defined so that readers will understand the conceptual differences between each. Chapter 3 discusses the athletic culture and how anger is uniquely considered in sports. Readers will recognize some instances of anger in sport through the discussion of such high-profile events as the Baylor University basketball scandal, the O.J. Simpson trial, and the infamous 2004 Pacers-Pistons NBA melee in Detroit involving crowd aggression. Chapters 5 and 6 examine mental illness and drugs in sport. Chapters 7 through 9 tackle anger management programs, systematic interventions for athletes, and prevention of sexual violence.

Real-world situations presented in the text will engage readers and help them picture how to use anger management skills in their own lives and careers. By considering the various stakeholders involved and the preventive measures that can be taken, researchers and professionals will step closer to discovering best practices and strategies for anger management in today’s sport society.

Although helping athletes deal with anger is an important part of sport, there is little research to address the key issues regarding this difficult subject. Anger Management in Sport will help readers understand the causes for anger in sport and how to help athletes who demonstrate aggressive behavior. It will shed light on an uncharted issue and provide direction for future research in the area.

A reference for practitioners dealing with athletes and anger; sport
psychology consultants working with individual athletes; sport officials
and administrators working to decrease violence among athletes in their
sport organizations and leagues; and researchers interested in further
study of the subject.

Mitch Abrams, PsyD, is a clinician administrator for University
Correctional HealthCare/UMDNJ, where he is responsible for the delivery
of mental health services for 6 of the state’s 13 state prisons. Dr.
Abrams co-coordinates the forensic track of UMDNJ’s predoctoral
psychology internship and has been involved with several aspects of
advancing the quality of mental health services in prison systems. He is
a clinical assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at
UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and has held adjunct faculty
positions at Brooklyn College, C.W. Post, and Fairleigh Dickinson
University. Since 2000, he has been in private practice providing sport,
clinical, and forensic psychology services.

Dr. Abrams began consulting with athletes in 1997 while developing the
only comprehensive anger management program for athletes. He has created
a niche in using anger management training to assist athletes in
reaching peak performance on the field and in life. He has consulted
with thousands of athletes and has developed programs for athletic
organizations at the youth sport, high school, and college levels. He is
the founder and president of Learned Excellence for Athletes, a sport
psychology consulting company located in Fords, New Jersey.

Raised in Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Abrams received a bachelor of science
degree from Brooklyn College and earned a master of science degree in
applied psychology and a doctorate of psychology (PsyD) in clinical
psychology from C.W. Post/Long Island University. He also received
specialized training in family violence and anger management. He is a
full member of the American Psychological Association as well as its
Division 47 (Exercise and Sport Psychology) and Division 41 (American
Psychology-Law Society). Further, he holds membership in the Association
for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), where he is also the chair of the
Anger and Violence in Sport Special Interest Group (SIG), and the
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT).